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New Leadership Wyoming Class to Hold Orientation Session at UW

July 30, 2012 — Four Wyoming communities -- Dubois, Meeteetse, Pine
Bluffs and Recluse -- will be represented for the first time with the 13th
Leadership Wyoming class.

An orientation session for new class members is Aug. 2-3, at
the University of Wyoming. Since 2001, 487 people from throughout the state have
graduated from the program, including Gov. Matt Mead, former first lady and
federal judge Nancy Freudenthal, United States Sen. John Barrasso, Adjutant
General Luke Reiner and more than 15 legislators.

A Wyoming Heritage Foundation and UW program, Leadership
Wyoming provides opportunities for a diverse group of 40 Wyoming citizens to
participate in a challenging and thought-provoking nine-month educational
experience. Beginning in early August and ending in May 2013, the group will
participate in eight sessions.

The orientation session at UW will feature speakers Carol
Frost, UW vice president for special
projects; Phil Roberts, UW history associate professor; and a
presentation, “Wyoming Budget Dynamics: 1998-2013,” from state Rep. Kermit Brown of
Laramie and Bill Mai, Division of Economic Analysis director.

Other programs are a retreat in Jackson in September; a “Natural
Resources and the Environment” program in Gillette and Wright in October; the
November “Education, Technology and Change” session is in Evanston; Worland
will host the “Entrepreneurship and the Economy” program in January; “Government
and Politics” is the theme for February’s session in Cheyenne; Sheridan is the
site for March’s session focusing on “Healthcare, Community Service and Quality
of Life”; and graduation weekend is April 26-26 in Casper.

Training sessions provide a practical, nonpartisan, hands-on
understanding of a broad spectrum of public policy issues, and develop an
appreciation for trusteeship, with lasting commitments to civic involvement at
the state and local level.

Leadership Wyoming gives participants an opportunity to
better understand general public policy issues, economic and social diversity,
and the challenges facing the state. The experience prepares them, through
shared mutual interests and the leadership skills developed, to be active in
building a better Wyoming, says Bill Schilling, Wyoming Business
Alliance/Wyoming Heritage Foundation president and Leadership Wyoming executive
director.

Laramie -- Anne
Alexander, International Programs; Mary Burman, School of Nursing; Bret Hess, College
of Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension; Christine Langley, Wyoming Technology
Business Center; and Kent Noble, College of Business, all with the University of
Wyoming; Jake Anfinson, First Interstate Bank; Shirley Pratt, Ark Regional
Services; and Nancy Stutzman, American National B Bank.